The Shape Of Ancient Thought by Thomas McEvilley
Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies
A wide-ranging, scholarly comparative study that argues ancient Mediterranean and South Asian intellectual traditions were in active dialogue rather than isolated inventions, tracing how Greek, Indian, Persian, and other Near Eastern ideas—about metaphysics, epistemology, skepticism, ethics, religion, and aesthetics—show striking parallels and possible lines of influence across trade and imperial networks; the book examines specific correspondences between philosophical schools and doctrines, places philosophical developments in the context of art, ritual, and historical contact, and challenges Eurocentric origin stories by depicting a cosmopolitan ancient world where ideas moved, merged, and reshaped one another.
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- 2002
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- American
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- English
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